Newsletter 28 July

Apologies for the late delivery - it's been a busy weekend!!

COMING UP:

Thursday 1 August  -  Meet Up and Make It craft group

(previously called Sit and Sew) 2pm in The Dish.  All welcome. Join us for a chat, and work on your chosen project (or just admire what others are doing).

Working Bees – Saturday 3 August at 1 pm, then every Saturday afternoon in August.

Meet at 43A Sherwood Road this Saturday.  We have lots of plants that need to be in the ground, and with all the rain the weeds are going crazy, so there will be something on every Saturday afternoon in August (so we hope the afternoon weather is a bit warmer and kinder to us).  Please keep watering our new plantings under trees, even with the rain some areas are still very dry as we discovered on Sunday.

Locations for the working bees will vary, so please keep an eye out for updates (via email) and notices in the window of both the Post Office and the Artists’ shop. Come along and help us if you can spare an hour or so, no experience necessary.

Sunday 11 August is Heritage Day in the Village.

We will be running free wildflower walks in Sherwood Road – for more information about this see the posts on Nature/Wildflower walks, and Thanks to Australia Post and George and Mary ...

Other news

Many thanks to all the volunteers who came to our Planet Ark National Tree Day working bee yesterday.  We made a big difference in the bluestone bed near the end of the outbound platform - for a bit more about this, and some photos see Stephen Lake's report  The surprising cost of outdoor furniture and other news.....

Scroll down for a rundown on the various consultations (including Chelsworth Park's pavilions) in the Council Update; Historic signs from Nilss; photos and info from Mary V; and Dogs of Eaglemont.  HAPPY READING!

Thanks to Australia Post and George and Mary ...

Earlier this year we were lucky enough to be given another Australia Post grant. This time it is so we could develop and run a Wildflower walk in Sherwood Road, starting on the ramp up from the underpass. So recently we gave an early version of the walk to George

Eaglemont's VoicePippa Griffith

The surprising cost of outdoor furniture and other news.....

Hello Friends, I write this month to tell you about FoEV activities over the last few weeks and also the plans for the coming weeks. Firstly though, I would like to give you an insight into the surprising costs of putting in a simple bench seat in the Fairy Garden.

Eaglemont's VoiceStephen Lake

Historic signs in Eaglemont

Thanks to Nilss for this link ... Eaglemont Village Ghost Signs - Ghost Signs AustraliaSigns from a Bygone EraGhost Signs Australia

Eaglemont's VoicePippa Griffith

Council update

The draft Housing Strategy and Neighbourhood Character Strategy, which are about how development can happen in our neighbourhoods, will be on the Agenda for the meeting of 5 August. More information via the Shaping Banyule page (link below). The Agenda will be published on Wednesday 31 July and can…

Eaglemont's VoicePippa Griffith

Nature/Wildflower walks

Our first walk will be on Heritage day, Sunday the 11th of August, any FoEV member who is interested in helping deliver these talks please contact me. We have a core group of volunteers in groups of two who are going to man our three designated areas in Sherwood Rd

Eaglemont's VoiceStephen Lake

Thanks to Mary V for these wattle photos, and an interesting article on Phosphorus

Phosphorous and Native Plants

(thanks to Mary V for this interesting article) First up let’s emphasise that phosphorous is an essential element for plant growth, even for Oz natives. But too much turns it into a poison, with the actual amount dependent on species. So why is phosphorous bad for natives, and which are

Eaglemont's VoicePippa Griffith

Dogs of Eaglemont #71

Eaglemont’s Voice - the home of Friends of Eaglemont Village

Eaglemont's VoicePippa Griffith